The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26
OUNCE AND MEDLAR.
some Of my Experie aee. and Experiments
BY DR. A. scHAFFRAsEK. PALArKa, FLORIDA.
VIII.

ciiitu fofnaceae we nave ounces, med
lars. apples. pears and other fieshy fruits
whose flowers have indefinite stamens
inserted in a ring in the throat of the
calyx, the flowers white or pink. the
carpets adherent 10 tine side of the ulti-
mately fleshy calix tube. the endocarp
cartilaginous. The Pomaceae are found
plentifully in Europe, Asia and North
America, they are rare i'm Mexico, un-
known in Africa except ON the northern
shore and are entirely unknown in the
southern hemisphere.
OUNCE.
The genus Cydonia eQuince) is indig-
enous to India, thence il came 10 Persia,
Syria and Greece and at present we find
the ounce cultivated i'm our country. The
Ounce has been dedicated To Minerva
and received its name from its native
place Cydon in Gambia. In olden times
the ounce was highly esteemed ms sign
of fertility, also as "A token of happy
marriage blessings and for that reason
ounces were presented always to any
betrothed couple on their wedding day.
But as times change, the poetical sense
of old venerable customs disappeared
too. We live i'm the age of real mate
rialism where even poesy loses its value.
The golden calf is the idol wor shipped
10y rich as well as poor, the almighty
dollar is the God that rules i'm politics, in
society and even i'm churches. Money
makes the man instead of character, in
telligence and honesty, and that is the
real cause that crimes are triumphant,
while virtue and honesty mourn. Ii is
a disease of epidemical character. that
will ruin not only the prosperity of fam
lilies but also the welfare of nations if not
checked i'm time.
The Ounce is a low tree with a crooked
stem, and tortuous rambling branches.
1t is of moderately rapid growth when
young, attaining i'm five years height
of to feet.in ten years of - feet after
which it enlarges i'm width of head only
being very seldom found higher than
1870 feet. The Ounce prefers a moist
free soil near water and "A situation open
but sheltered. In dry soil neither the
tree nor the fruit attains any size and in
situations exposed to high winds
the fruit will not remain ON the
larly. Three years ago l set out the
China Ounce and the Ounce Of Japan.
The latter is doing better with me than
the China; both of them bloomcd during
February but on account of the extra
ordinary heat i'm that month. no fecun-
dation could take place and for that rea-
son no fruit could he borne. On high land
culture needs irrigation while
on the low land i'm our county Ounces
could he raised successfully. The fruit
contains malic-acid and sugar. the seed
however. mucilaginous oily properties
and therefore both fruits and seeds are
used i'm medicine and industry. In med
icine because the fruit Is nutritious, re-
freshing and aperient while the seedscon-
tain emollient and a stringent qualities.
In industry the fruit may he used either
canned or preserved, as fruit butter,
wine or liquor. IL will not he out of the
way, if add some of the home remedies
prepared from the Ounce. To one ounce
of the seed give frty ounces Of water:
this mixture shake well, then you will
have a mucilaginous substance of mild,
cooling and healing character, good
remedy applied for inflammation of the
eyes and of the nipples.
The woolly down of the fruit
applied to any fresh wound il used
as a very good styptic amongst the peas
ants in Southern Europe and while bot
anizing there in 1859 observed that
the leaves of theQuince soaked i'm boiling
brandy or wine and then applied to sores,
ulcers and abscesses worked wonderful
cures. On other places / became con-
vinced that a mucilage of the dried
ounces, prepared M already stated, used
i'm sore throat and quinsy as a gargling
water showed the best success while the
ton cured diarrhea i'm a short time. The
can be used as a cement for
broken glassware and porcelai
That simple yet good and harmless cos
metic used by the fair sex so often for
the purpose of beautifying themselves by
giving to their hair a wavy form and
satin luster is nothing else than a mucil-
age prepared from the seed, put for sew
eral hours i'm cold water.
The pressed juice of the Ounce boiled
of ounce, and exposed to fer
the wine of ounce, but
with distilled brandy the liquor Of ounce.
As there is profit in the culture of the
Ounce and as our low lands and ham
mocks contain all parts necessary to
make the ounce grow, should be very
glad indeed, if every lover Of good fruits
would give some attention TO theQuince.
MEDLAR OF JAPAN.
Eryobothrya japonica. The Japan
an evergreen tree of medium size, with
long glossy leaves similar TO those OF our
wild chestnut, flowers i'm white spikes
by the end of December, producing clus-
tiers Of bright yellow round or obiong
melting sweet, sub-acid comestible fruits
from February to March and does very
well in Palatka's suburb. Every fruit
contains several large seed that will be-
gin to germinate at once If sown imme-
diately after ripening. And as II isalways
very difficult to transplant open ground
planting. like torecommend pot cul-
ture first. As soon as the young plants
have well rooted, transplanting is made
easier and surer. Every one should have
some trees on his place; il not wanted IA
fruit trees use it as an ornamental tree.
They are Grown I'm pn1atka